§ 77 — Administration

New York § 77

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law WKC: Workers' Compensation
• Art. 6: State Insurance Fund

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§ 77. Administration. The state insurance fund shall be administered\nby the commissioners of the state insurance fund, of whom there shall be\nten. The commissioner of labor shall, in addition, be a commissioner of\nsuch fund by virtue of his or her office. The commissioners shall elect\nannually from the appointive members a chair and a vice-chair who shall\nact as chair in the absence of the chair. The commissioner of labor may\ndesignate a deputy commissioner to act in his or her place and stead as\na commissioner of such fund. The commissioners shall be appointed by the\ngovernor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. One\ncommissioner shall be appointed by the governor upon recommendation by\nthe New York State American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial\nOrganizations, and one commissioner shall be appointed by the governor\nupon recommendation of the Business Council of the State of New York.\nThey shall be policyholders insured in the state insurance fund. The\ncommissioners shall be appointed for terms of three years each. They\nshall serve until their successors are appointed and have qualified.\nVacancies shall be filled for the unexpired terms. Each commissioner\nshall before entering upon his or her duties, take and subscribe the\nconstitutional oath of office which shall be filed in the office of the\nsecretary of state.\n